How Does Emma Levine Convey Teh Excitement in the Donkey Race
How does the writer convey excitement of the donkey race
Many aspects of the donkey race was exciting, this made it easier to convey this message.
The tittle of the passage stands out. “A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat.” It is very unusual and attention grabbing due to the unexpected and shocking imagery. This intrigues the reader because it allows them to guess what this passage is about, as you can see it is very different to our expectations.
The donkey race was compared to the “wacky races.” This allows us to imagine how the the atmosphere and the ambience was in the place because of this comparison. The wacky races were very chaotic and hectic.
A lot of the sentences were short and fast paced, this increased the tempo of the passage, this allows the passage to be more exciting because story will be moving as with the rhythm of the text. “Oh yes, that’s no problem.” This dialogue is very short and precise what is going to happen and builds up the tension until the occurring of the main event which was the donkey race. This is even more effective because of the adventurous spirit which is shown in the text. Levine shows her experience of the donkey race through emotive language. The extract is full of colourful and descriptive words “A cloud of fumes and dust.” This quote shows the sheer number of spectators of this race, following on with vehicles leaving this huge mist of dust behind them. “The two neck-and-neck, their jockeys perched on top of the tiny carts using their whip energetically, although not cruelly.” This was the climax of the race this quotation is very descriptive and full of emotive words such as “perched,” this shows the determination of the jockeys, how they were trying to outrun each other to the finish line.
Levine also uses many words that break up or add tension to the passage such as, “Just as I was assuming that the race had been cancelled.” The word just breaks that dull moment and arouse the reader because it conveys a
Many aspects of the donkey race was exciting, this made it easier to convey this message.
The tittle of the passage stands out. “A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat.” It is very unusual and attention grabbing due to the unexpected and shocking imagery. This intrigues the reader because it allows them to guess what this passage is about, as you can see it is very different to our expectations.
The donkey race was compared to the “wacky races.” This allows us to imagine how the the atmosphere and the ambience was in the place because of this comparison. The wacky races were very chaotic and hectic.
A lot of the sentences were short and fast paced, this increased the tempo of the passage, this allows the passage to be more exciting because story will be moving as with the rhythm of the text. “Oh yes, that’s no problem.” This dialogue is very short and precise what is going to happen and builds up the tension until the occurring of the main event which was the donkey race. This is even more effective because of the adventurous spirit which is shown in the text. Levine shows her experience of the donkey race through emotive language. The extract is full of colourful and descriptive words “A cloud of fumes and dust.” This quote shows the sheer number of spectators of this race, following on with vehicles leaving this huge mist of dust behind them. “The two neck-and-neck, their jockeys perched on top of the tiny carts using their whip energetically, although not cruelly.” This was the climax of the race this quotation is very descriptive and full of emotive words such as “perched,” this shows the determination of the jockeys, how they were trying to outrun each other to the finish line.
Levine also uses many words that break up or add tension to the passage such as, “Just as I was assuming that the race had been cancelled.” The word just breaks that dull moment and arouse the reader because it conveys a